IT Sec News updates – Spyware Attacks

The Washington Post

Google researchers reported last week that unpublished hacking techniques devised by NSO and other spyware vendors have been used in the last year by …

Georgetown Journal of International Affairs

… spyware. NSO's flagship product–Pegasus–allows government clients to remotely access specific individuals' cell phones, even bypassing end-to-end …

Jurist.org

The demands for the EU's next legislative term include a ban on the production, sale, and use of spyware and the introduction of safeguards against …

Cyber Daily

The scammer's claims are likely untrue, but a new sextortion campaign combines spyware claims with sharing images of victims' homes.

MSN

A US federal judge has ruled that NSO Group, the Israeli maker of the notorious Pegasus spyware, must share the source code with WhatsApp.

IFEX

A coalition of CSOs calls for an EU ban on the production, sale, and use of spyware during the new legislative term.

Reuters

Spyware technology, including Pegasus – built by Israeli firm NSO – has been repeatedly found to have been used to hack into the phones of civil …

WKBW

Sheehan said one of the most disturbing parts, the sender claimed to be watching him using spyware and even included a picture of his house and a QR …

Digit.fyi

Civil society groups across Europe have released a joint statement calling on EU institutions to regulate spyware technologies.

Agence Europe

… spyware by private companies”. The associations point to the “troubling precedent” set by the 'Media Freedom Act', criticised for the exception …